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SPECIAL DELIVERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does special delivery mean?
• SPECIAL DELIVERY (noun)
The noun SPECIAL DELIVERY has 1 sense:
1. mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge)
Familiarity information: SPECIAL DELIVERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("special delivery" is a kind of...):
mail (the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service)
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